'The Bachelorette' couple Andi Dorfman and Josh Murray interview: When did she realize she was in love with him?

The Bachelorette star Andi Dorfman and her new fiance Josh Murray are ready to embark on their new lives together in public and away from a camera crew.


The couple got engaged at the conclusion of The Bachelorette's tenth season after Andi dumped runner-up Nick Viall prior to the final Rose Ceremony. Still together, and claiming to be blissfully in love, Andi and Josh can't help but gush about one another and their new relationship.

During a Tuesday conference call with reporters, Andi and Josh talked to Reality TV World about the drama that went down with Nick. To read what they had to say, click here. Below is another portion from their interview.

Josh, did you have any problem with Nick's repeated attempts to contact Andi?

Josh Murray: You know, I think it's all funny because I really don't pay any attention to Nick. I'm really just focused on Andi and I, and we have a phenomenal relationship. And that's all the past. I could care less about him.


Josh, when did you know Andi was the right person for you? How early on did it hit you?

Josh Murray: You know what? We shared our very first kiss at that second Rose Ceremony. I knew we had something very, very special in the future. And when we had our hometown date, that is exactly when I really, truly fell in love with her and I knew I would make her my wife.

Josh, what is your job in Atlanta now? You were dubbed just as a "former baseball player" all season.

Josh Murray: Yeah, I'm a financial advisor. I've been a financial advisor for the last two years now. My body is all broken down from sports, so now I'm really getting to help people and help them out with their lives and their futures.

Andi, right before Josh proposed, you told him you had loved him from the second you laid eyes on him. So looking back on the whole season, do you feel like the whole process was a little bit of a formality, like you had to get rid of everyone else just to get to Josh at the end?


Andi Dorfman: You know, not really a formality, because here's the thing -- and this is what I told Josh -- in hindsight, I realized that it was love at first sight.

But in the moment, I just had this feeling and it really took every single Rose Ceremony and every single relationship and every date to kind of put a finger on what that feeling was. And that's what I told him in the proposal, is, I didn't know until the very end that it was love and that it was love the whole time.

Andi, did your fans that were tweeting at you and your family guess you were going to pick Josh in the end?

Andi Dorfman: You know, it's funny. A lot of people would talk to me, and I don't know if they predicted that Josh would be the one, but they were definitely like, "Team Josh! We love Josh!"

So it's been hard to keep a straight face, knowing obviously that Josh was the one in the end. And just hearing all of this support for Josh, it's just like, every time I had to keep a straight face. So, he made it tough for me, but it worked out good.


Have you started making wedding plans yet?

Andi Dorfman: Well, we have not really started making them. I think I'm going to enjoy being engaged for a little while. But, I don't know, we're thinking maybe a spring wedding! Why not!

Josh Murray: Yes! Spring sounds great.

Will Juan Pablo Galavis be invited to your wedding? Why or why not?

Andi Dorfman: Yeah, I don't think he's going to be invited to my wedding. Yeah, it's just going to be a soft "no" for now -- unless he marries [Nikki Ferrell!] Then, by default, which he knows about, he'll come to the wedding.


Yes, I know you're really close to Nikki.

Andi Dorfman: Yeah, if he marries Nikki then he gets an invite. I hope he hears this. He better put a ring on it!

Josh, was it not painful at all to watch the show back and see some of the things Andi was saying about the other guys?

Josh Murray: Yeah, none of that stuff bothered me at all, because honestly, I didn't watch it. I wanted her to enjoy the season herself, so she went and watched it with her friend Kelly and a couple of other friends, and I was at home just watching my parts with her. I also watched my parts with the other guys.

But I never watched any of her dates, and to be honest, she was very open and honest with me from the beginning, so I knew what happened and I really could care less. We are so in love, we're so far beyond that.


Now that everything is out in the open, there's a lot of chatter in the tabloids and on social media. How do you avoid everyone's different opinions and focus on yourselves?

Andi Dorfman: We're good at focusing on ourselves. We got a lot going on between the two of us, which is great, but we really just decided to take the high road and focus on the positive people and the people who are showing support. It's so easy to get bogged down in some of the negativity, and we've just decided to turn the other cheek and go for the positive route.

Josh Murray: Yup!

Andi, how did you get past Josh "the athlete?"

Andi Dorfman: No, it really didn't take me very long to get past that facade or Josh being a former athlete. In pretty much the first conversation, I knew there was much more to Josh than just that.

How did you feel competing for Andi?


Josh Murray: You know, I went into this whole process not as a competition but really trying to find the love of my life and seeing if we had a connection ourselves. So I didn't compete along with the other guys. I never saw them as competition. I just focused on my relationship with Andi and how we progressed and everything worked out as it should've worked out.

I heard you guys have been sneaking visits in Atlanta. Did you discover any mutual acquaintances that you have in Atlanta? And without the show, do you think you might've possibly met each other?

Andi Dorfman: We haven't really discovered a lot of acquaintances, but it's funny. We talk about whether or not we would've met each other outside of the show, and it's like, on one hand, you think, "No, that would've been too crazy." But on the other hand, like, maybe it was fate and maybe we would've met each other had the show not have happened. I guess we'll never know though!

Josh Murray: Yeah, I'll take it this way.

You never know, maybe you'll run into somebody now on the streets whom you'll both know.

Andi Dorfman: Yeah, we might!


Josh Murray: Yeah, definitely. Now that we're finally out in the open and able to spend time with each other, I'm sure we'll find some mutual people that we know.

To read what the happy couple told Reality TV World directly, click here. Also, check back with us soon for more from Josh and Andi's!






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